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In Notable E-Discovery News, ALSP Elevate Acquires Consulting Company Redgrave Data

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In notable news for the e-discovery industry, the legal software and services provider Elevate has acquired Redgrave Data, a consulting firm that provides services and software for e-discovery and data analytics.

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Self-Collection, Discovery About Discovery, and Curative Sanctions

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Among them were: general principles of discovery; the role of counsel in self-collection; discovery on discovery; the date that the litigation hold was triggered; whether reasonable post-trigger steps were taken; curative sanctions under Fed.R.Civ.P. It insists that it is not conducting unchecked discovery.” See The Hon.

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E-Discovery 101 – – A Refresher on the Scope of Discovery + Boilerplate Objections Sustained

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9, 2024), provides a succinct summary of the scope of discovery under the December 2015 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Information within this scope of discovery need not be admissible in evidence to be discoverable.” It – surprisingly – sustained boilerplate objections. The case involved a loan gone south.

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Where Requests for Discovery were Overly Broad, No Privilege Log was Required

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Because the discovery requests were so “overly broad,” the court held that no privilege log was required on the overbroad requests. July 17, 2024), the court held that no privilege log was required until scope of discovery objections were resolved. See No Privilege Log Is Needed While Scope of Discovery Objections Are Pending (Aug.

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Discovery About Discovery – When Was Duty to Preserve Triggered?

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15, 2024), the court “allowed [defendants] Hillrom to take limited discovery about when [plaintiff] Linet’s duty to preserve may have arisen….” In short, the court authorized discovery of privilege-log-type information, such as when plaintiff communicated with counsel prior to suit and the general subject-matter of those communications.

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Court Appointed ESI Discovery Supervisor for ESI Protocol

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District Court for the District of Maryland as the “ESI Discovery Supervisor” in a complex commercial case, with the task of “oversee[ing] the negotiation of an ESI protocol.” Then, the process led to the filing of a “Stipulated ESI Protocol and Discovery Plan.” Discovery Plan” (Jan. It was an honor to be appointed by the U.

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Discovery Denied Because “the Book is Not Worth the Candle” – 50 Custodians is Enough

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The Dale court explained: “The present discovery dispute is about whether three custodians – out of a list of fifty – must be included as part of the defendant’s discovery inquiry. 15, 2024), the court wrote: “Courts have vast discretion in resolving discovery disputes and that often means there’s no right or wrong answer.”

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